Ethan Blackaby

Ethan Allen Blackaby

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 24, 1940 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Canton HS (Canton, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1962
Team: Braves 1962-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1961	20	ATL-min	C,B	117	438	438		119	17	8	13						.272	.272	.436	.708		191							BOI,YAK · PION,NORW
1962	21	ATL-min	B	139	573	503	108	163	43	6	16	75	8	8	61	96	.324	.398	.529	.927		266		3	3	3			YAK · NORW
1962	21	MLN	NL	6	14	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.154	.214	.231	.445	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	/78

1963	22	ATL-min	AAA	149	616	566	89	158	23	11	18	75	7	4	50	109	.279	.338	.454	.792		257							DEN · PCL
1964	23	ATL-min	AAA	144	560	482	79	116	25	10	10	52	6	6	65	88	.241	.340	.396	.736		191		8	4	1			DEN · PCL
1964	23	MLN	NL	9	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	-31	1	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1965	24	CHC-ATL-min	AAA	124	478	432	56	97	22	5	9	39	3	5	36	83	.225	.286	.361	.647		156		2	6	2			SLC,ATA · PCL,IL
1966	25	ATL-min	AA,AAA	115	394	350	58	93	22	5	10	44	10	8	44	52	.266	.348	.443	.791		155		0	0	0			AUS,RMD · TL,IL
1967	26	ANA-HOU-DET-min	AA,AAA	120	424	362	61	94	19	5	9	49	7	2	61	70	.260	.368	.414	.782		150		1	0	0			ELP,OKC,TOL · TL,PCL,IL
1968	27	OAK-ANA-min	AA,AAA	93	271	238	18	42	8	1	8	28	1	1	31	54	.176	.271	.319	.591		76		0	2	0			BIR,SLE · SOUL,PCL
1969	28	ANA-min	AA,AAA	72	171	150	23	35	6	3	2	15	1	1	20	24	.233	.327	.353	.681		53		1	0	0			ELP,HAW · TL,PCL
2 Yrs				15	27	25	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.120	.185	.160	.345	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	292	270	0	32	11	0	0	11	0	0	22	108	.120	.185	.160	.345	-3	43	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1962	21	MLN	NL	6	14	-2	-0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.463	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/78

1964	23	MLN	NL	9	13	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.457	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/97
2 Seasons				15	27	-4	-0	0	-1	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.459	.498	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1962	21	MLN	NL	14	11	1	2.4	101	.400	.154	.266	.214	.333	.231	.405	.445	.738	21	.240	-1.4	-0.1	.364	.154	.077

1964	23	MLN	NL	13	11	0	0.0	94	.100	.083	.264	.154	.322	.083	.393	.237	.715	-31	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.182	.083	.000
2 Yrs				27	22	1	1.2	98	.200	.120	.266	.185	.328	.160	.399	.345	.727	-3	.090	-3.5	-0.4	.273	.120	.040
162 Game Avg.				292	238	11	1.2	98	.200	.120	.266	.185	.328	.160	.399	.345	.727	-3	.090	-3.5	-0.4	.273	.120	.040

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	21	MLN	NL	14	0.0%	57.1%	7.1%	7.1%	50%	8.00	1.6			2.00	36%

1964	23	MLN	NL	13	0.0%	15.4%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.0		12.0	8.00	77%
2 Yrs				27	0.0%	37.0%	7.4%	3.7%	33%	5.00	2.5		25.0	5.00	56%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.0%	8.2%	6.4%	28%	1.84	6.0	39.1	8.8	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	21	MLN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	14	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.75	-0.2	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.81	-1.7	0.96	3

1964	23	MLN	NL	-2.1	-0.2	13	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	.96	-0.2	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.97	-2.0	0.93	4
2 Yrs				-3.5	-0.4	27	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	.85	-0.3	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.88	-3.7	0.94	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	21	MLN	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1964	23	MLN	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1962	21	MLN	NL	14	36%	2			3	1	0	0	0.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1964	23	MLN	NL	13	62%	1			4	0	0	0	0.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				27	48%	3			7	1	0	0	0.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	15	1	7%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			75%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1962	21	6	14	13	2	1	0	1	8	.154	.214	.231	.445	21	3
1963	22	6	14	13	2	1	0	1	8	.154	.214	.231	.445	21	3
1964	23	15	27	25	3	1	1	2	10	.120	.185	.160	.345	-3	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	21	6	16	14	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	.214	.313	.357	.670	1	6

1964	23	9	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	9
2 Yrs		15	29	26	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	10	.115	.207	.192	.399	1	15
162 Game Avg.		162	313	281	0	32	22	0	0	0	0	32	108	.115	.207	.192	.399	11	15

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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